Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-14
UNION PACIFIC INQUIRY.
The Four Millions of Stock Used
to Get the Pacific Bill
Through Congress.
Two Former Cabinet Officers on the
List Found Among Gen. Fre-
monts Papers

Associated Press telegram from Leavenworth
Kan.1
The Pacific Railroad Investigating
Committee arrived here this morning,
and held public session in the Board
OF Trade rooms, at which they exam
ined number of witnesses. Among
the parties examined were Shaw f.
Neely, Mayor of Leavenworth; Alex
ander Caldwell, President, and II.
Miles Moore, Secretary OF the Board of
Trade; Henry SCHNEIDER, correspondent
OF the Kansas City Tinles; Edward
Stilling, lawyer; w. M. Todd, a
wholesale grocer; Leonard Il. Smith,
and General James G. Stone. Sew
eral of the witnesses testified that
the people of Leavenworth were
placed at a disadvantage for bust
ness by the manner in which the
Union Pacific was running the
Kansas Central and other branches,
the citizens claiming that the business
of the branches was made subordinate
to that OF the main line, which operat-
ed practically as discrimination
against Leayenworth in favor of Kan
sas City. This they held to involve a
breach of an understanding entered
into by the city of Leavenworth with
the builders of the Kansas Central, by
which, in consideration of $3.50, 600 aid
given to that road by Leavenworth
County, that branch was to be run and
operated as the main line was.
Gen. James g. Stone testified that
he was one of the promoters and organ
1Zers OF the Leayenworth, Pawnee, and
bMeccSSfhassn bMcSSfassn thae thaeirRfSh rRfShsSsh h'fa 'facifc. It Was
through his activity that the original
perfect railroad bill was passed through
Congress- The difficulty previously
had been that each point on the Mis-
souri, River which it had been propos-
ed to make starting point for trans
continental line had jealous rivals in
all other river points, and he conceived
the idea of having road from each
point, such as Kansas City, Leaven-
worth, Omaha, and Sioux City. By
such combination the rival interests
had been adjusted, and the bill went
through.
While giving his testimony he was
shown copy of memorandum found
dLuOhk OOns OOhA Os Il DdDtID
at the time the General went into bank
ruptcy, Hallett and Fremont having
bought out Stone. This memorandum
purported to account for the DISPOSE
tion of about "a, 600, 900 of the stock of
the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western
Railroad by Gen. j. G. Stone and Gen.
Thomas Ewing, Jr., to secure the
passage of the Pacific Railroad bill. It
gives the names of parties to whom its
stock purported to have been issued,
the original of the memorandum con-
tanning running comments in the hand
writing of this witness on the several
items. When asked as to those COM
ments he testified that he wrote them
as the expression not of himself, but
of Sam Hallett or others who were in
terested.
In this memorandum opposite the
item r.. w. McBratney, 1000 shares,
was the remark, Supposed to be for
Pomeroy. (Pomeroy was Senator
from Kansas then.)
Opposite the item Henry Bennett,
Elmira, N. Y, 1000 shares, 800, ,000,"
was the comment Supposed to be for
II. Bennett, J. p. Usher, Caleb Smith,
and r.. w. Thompson" and the addi-
tional comment, "Usher and Bennett
right, let Smith and Thompson slide"
Opposite the item az. w. Chase,
Chaseville, N. ", was the comment:
"But little service; mostly blackmail. I"
Opposite the item 81. F. Cowan,
$500 shares, $195, ,O00," was the re-
mark: Supposed to be for Il. Stevens"
and the additional remark: "If any Of
this stock, or land, or money promised
this man is really for Mr.. Thaddeus
Stevens, that part ought to be re-
spected."
Opposite the item "Mrs. Willis, of
New York Herald, 400 shares, $40, ,000,"
was the word "Right."
Opposite the item dewey, New
York, 500 shares, $4,000" was the
word "Blackmail.
Opposite the item Wilson, New
York Times, 200 shares, $4,000" was
the word fright"
Opposite the item ar. +. Camp, New
York City, and others, $20,000," was
the comment: "Cat came to the red I;
supposed to be for Carlisle, of Vir-
ginia.
OppOBlJe JHe lJem jones, lOO bHhreS
$780," was the comment, Supposed
to be Forney's friend"
Opposite the item "Ross, Fletcher,
Holiday and Stinson, Kansas, 2,400
shares, $l2O,OO0," was the account,
"Hold over them in terror"
The witness disclaimed any personal
knowledge as to whom the stock event.
ually got. He did not know practically
that any of it had been for the purposes
of corrupting legislation. The r. w.
Thompson alluded TO was the "Dick
Thompson, according to the testimony
of this witness, who was afterward Sec
retary of the United States Navy, and
the Smith referred to was at one time
Secretary of the Interior. The services
rendered by the Mr.. Usher alluded to
had been to explain the bill to MEM
bers of Congress. Being Western
man he had had considerable influence.
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